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A South Korean missile is test-fired at an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea has released footage of its own missile tests it says were conducted last week in a response to the latest North Korean missile launch that flew over northern Japan. South Korea Defense Ministry via AP

A teleconference is held at Hokkaido Government in Sapporo, northern Japan after North Korea fired a missile over Japan on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Masanori Takei / Kyodo News via AP

A television screen, top right, displays file news footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, after a missile was launched by North Korea earlier in the day. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP

A man walks past a TV set showing North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un in a news report about North Korea's missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

A woman looks at a television news displaying warnings via the "J-alert" system in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile test that passed over Japan. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP

Journalists film as pedestrians walk in front of a huge screen displaying a map of Japan, right, and the Korean Peninsula, in Tokyo. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP

Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media at his official residence in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, after a ballistic missile was launched by North Korea. AFP

A staff of a Japanese newspaper hands out passer-by an extra newspaper reporting North Korea's rocket launch at a shopping street in Tokyo Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Mari Yamaguchi / AP Photo

Women walk past a large TV screen showing news about North Korea's missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

A South Korean missile is test-fired at an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea has released footage of its own missile tests it says were conducted last week in a response to the latest North Korean missile launch that flew over northern Japan. South Korea Defense Ministry via AP

A teleconference is held at Hokkaido Government in Sapporo, northern Japan after North Korea fired a missile over Japan on Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Masanori Takei / Kyodo News via AP

A television screen, top right, displays file news footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, at a foreign exchange brokerage in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, after a missile was launched by North Korea earlier in the day. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP

A man walks past a TV set showing North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un in a news report about North Korea's missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

A woman looks at a television news displaying warnings via the "J-alert" system in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile test that passed over Japan. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP

Journalists film as pedestrians walk in front of a huge screen displaying a map of Japan, right, and the Korean Peninsula, in Tokyo. Toshifumi Kitamura / AFP

Japan's prime minister Shinzo Abe speaks to the media at his official residence in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, after a ballistic missile was launched by North Korea. AFP

A staff of a Japanese newspaper hands out passer-by an extra newspaper reporting North Korea's rocket launch at a shopping street in Tokyo Tuesday, August 29, 2017. Mari Yamaguchi / AP Photo

Women walk past a large TV screen showing news about North Korea's missile launch in Tokyo, Japan, August 29, 2017. Kim Kyung-Hoon / Reuters

A South Korean missile is test-fired at an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea has released footage of its own missile tests it says were conducted last week in a response to the latest North Korean missile launch that flew over northern Japan. South Korea Defense Ministry via AP

North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan: Seoul, Tokyo

The launch came after a strained period on the peninsula following Pyongyang's testing of two intercontinental ballistic missiles

The National staff

August 29, 2017

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